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WINFRIED SCHAEFER Appreciation Thread!!!

OK, this is highly controversial as it comes from a PP fan!

BUT for the sake of the quality of Eye-Ranian Football, the man has done an amazing job at SS till now both in domestic league (luckily beating their sarvars at the derby... how dare he? ) but also amazingly at AFC club championships so far.
I am really impressed, and also happy for the league as a whole (and yeah for SS too )

He was a great player in Germany in the 70ies, and also a good coach at Karlsruher SC, where I got to know his name in end 80ies.

As I understand SS has still not made up their mind to extend his contract. FOR GOD SAKE, and I am talking not only for SS, but for whole PGL and Eye-Ranian Football, EXTEND THE MAN's CONTRACT!!!

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German managing compensates Iranian football, it was obvious from Day 1 he was going to bring results because he was a fairly notable manager/player. It was also clear that Mame Baba Thiam was going to kill it in the Leauge/ACL because we were doing something we don't like: SPENDING MONEY!!!

I hope SS keep him at least for another season or two.
The team has had a fantastic turnaround and is playing solidly in all aspects.
As we see even average/decent quality foreign coaches have a great impact on the quality of our league.

Agree.
At Karlsruhe, which was an average German team, he did an amazing job too. Throughout 90ies I always considered him as a solid and decent coach.
But you have to leave past behind and judge people on what and how they do today, and the man has done just great so far.
Doesn't happen very often in our league, signing a decent European coach who actually delivers and doesn't want to leave immediately after experiencing the state of our football.
For the sake of our football, I really hope SS extends his contract. It will only do our football good.

Doesn't happen very often in our league, signing a decent European coach who actually delivers and doesn't want to leave immediately after experiencing the state of our football.

Well he came from Jamaica, where [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is the quality of their training facilities and equipment. So Esteghlal is definitely a huge step up in terms of state of football!!!

Well he came from Jamaica, where [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is the quality of their training facilities and equipment. So Esteghlal is definitely a huge step up in terms of state of football!!!

He didn't just started in Jamaica. He came from GERMAN BUNDESLIGA coaching in the top tier league from 1986 till 2001 with 3 different clubs! Later coaching/improving Cameroon at the World Cup and afterwards coaching Jamaica for 3 years where they reached the final of Gold Cup beating USA on their way to final.
(he also coached Al Ahli and Al Ain, so understands AFC quite well)

Its a huge step forward for us!

But as I said in my earlier post, one should not judge people by their history, but by what and how they perform today, and so far he did great with SS.

Transforming Esteghlal in a matter of 2 months with all the pressure that comes with handling the Sorkhabi clubs is commendable. The change is very noticeable when Esteghlal is on the pitch. Al Hilal were completely thrown off by Esteghlal and could not answer back. Esteghlal has their number and finished the job with ease. Schafer has brought Esteghlal back to the top in a short period of time. He also seems to have a good attitude and real love/passion for Iranian fans. I mean for him to say that in all the years he has coached he has never seen so much passion in a stadium until he started coaching Esteghlal is pretty important.

Anyways, I wish Esteghlal the best today. I’m waking up to watch this match live. I hope they beat Al Ain and send them back down to join their brothers Al Hilal.